by admin | Apr 25, 2011 | Letters to the Blogger, Politics - US
Dear Baker, Some of your remarks are not in good taste even though they may be accurate. I am a big fan, but some of your phrasing makes me uncomfortable. Could you please be more civil? Comfy Conservative Dear Comfy, Out of curiosity, I...
by admin | Apr 23, 2011 | Education - K-12, Learning and Education, Politics - US, Reviews
by Siegfried Engelmann February 2, 2009: Throughout history, adventurers have chronicled their journeys though strange territories to the great benefit of mankind. Marco Polo’s journals introduced the West to the Orient. Columbus’ logs opened the western...
by admin | Apr 20, 2011 | Education - K-12, Politics, Politics - NC
Raleigh – The House has a solid WIN-WIN-WIN in H344. The winners are our state’s disabled children, our state’s disabled treasury, and the State Board of Education (SBE). The children win because their parents become eligible to receive a tax credit for...
by admin | Apr 17, 2011 | Education - K-12, Politics - NC
Raleigh – April 17, 2011 Background: On March 1, SB8 version 8 lifting the cap on charter schools was passed by the Senate and sent over to the House for their approval. After six weeks of wrangling in the House, however, it morphed through amendments and...
by admin | Apr 8, 2011 | Education - K-12, Politics - NC
Raleigh – 4/7/11 In a breathtaking fit of silly nonsense worthy of Monty Python, the NC Republican house caucus passed a committee substitute charter bill that bore little resemblance to the Senate bill that was sent to it a week or so ago. The cap would...
by admin | Apr 7, 2011 | Politics - NC
Some legislators wanted to enact a law that would make charter schools independent of the State Board of Education (SBE). After all, that was the reason for charter schools in the first place…North Carolina’s K-12 education system under the SBE has been a...
